Party-colored yarn and mode of making same.



No. 852,356. PATBNTED APR. 3o, 19o?.

W. M. sTEVENsoN. PARTY COLORED YARN AND Mom; of MAKING SAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. STEVENSON, OF INDIAN ORCHARD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO HODGES FIBER CARPET COMPANY, OF INDIAN ORCHARD, MASSA- CHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

PARTY-COLORED YARN AND MODE OF MAKING SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atenteo. April 30, 1907.

Application tiled January 29,1907- Serial No. 354,717.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM M. STEVEN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Party-Colored Yarns and Mode of Making Same, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of fancy or party-colored yarns or threads composed of a plurality of strands, each consisting of a ta e or ribbon of paper or like material, the obj ect of my invention being to effect variety in the disposition of the colored strands in the twisted yarn, an object which I attain by causing one of a pair or group of strands to serve, in certain' ort-ions of the yarn, as a core around which t e other strand or strands may be wrapped, thereby, in the case of a two-strand yarn, producing either party-colored portions or solid colored portions corresponding to either of the strands employed, and in the case of a three-strand yarn, producing combinations of either two or three colors, as may be desired.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a view of a piece of two-strand yarn made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view of a piece of three-strand yarn; Fig. 3 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating the essential features of one form of apparatus 'for producing a two-strand yarn in accordance with my invention; Fig. 4 is a side view of part ofthe same; Fig. 5 is a plan View of part of 011e of the elements of the device, and Fig. 6 is a View similar to part of Fig. 3, but illustrating a different relation of the parts from that shown in said figure.

The yarn shown in Fig. 1 is composed of two strands of diferent colors, say for instance, white and yellow, and in that portion of the yarn re resented at a these colors appear alternate y, while in that portion of the yarn represented at l) the white strand only appears, and in that portion of the yarn s own at c the yellow strand only a pears.

The three-strand yarn shown in 1g. .2 has a 1plortion d in which the three strands, say W te, yellow and green, appear a portion e in which only the yellow and white strands appear; a portion f in which the green and white strands appear, and a portion g in which the green and yellow strands appear. Wherever a strand is removed from the surface of the yarn it serves as a core, the other strand or strands being twisted around it so as to envelop it and hide it from view.

The disposition of the various strands in the finished yarn is dependent upon the relative degree of tension to which they are subj eoted before they reach the point at which they are twisted together, the strand to which tension is applied being caused to serve as the core strand.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, 1 represents a spinning spindle having a flier 2, and 3 re resents the spool or bobbin upon which t e spun or twisted yarn or thread is wound. Above the spindle is a bracket 4 having a perforated lug 5 serving as a guide for the twisted yarn, the bracket also having, above said guide lug, a separator pin 6 disposed'between the two ribbon-like strands and y of which the yarn is to be composed, and other pins 7 which are engaged by the said strands so as to impart a certain degree of tension to each strand. Pivoted to the bracket 4 is a lever 9 which is susceptible of vibration whereby it may be caused to occupy a central or intermediateposition, as shown in Fig. 3, or can be moved from said position either to the right or left. Projecting from the lever 9 is a plate 10 having therein an opening 11 contracted at each end, as shown at 12, in Fig. 5.

Then the lever v9 occupies the central or intermediate-position shown in Fig. 3 the tapes or ribbons x and 'y pass down through the enlarged central portion of the opening 11 in the plate 10, and are not affected by said plate, and, as each ribbon is under like tension, there is an even twist of the two ribbons and, the resultant party-colored yarn, such as shown at a in Fig. 1. If, however, the lever 9 is moved to the left, as shown in Fig. 6, the ribbon 'y is caused to engage the contracted portion 12 at the right hand side of the opening 11 with the result that the IOC infolding of the same by the other ribbon,

If the lever 9 is moved to the right the ribbon Willbe folded and subjected to increased tension, and it will be infolded by the ribbon thus producing the effect shownl at b in In producing a three-strand yarn the three of roducinU arns known as laitinv in which a surface strand or` strands is lapped around a core strand, first because of the ribbon-like character of the strands which I employ, and secondly because each of the strands in my improved yarn acts alternately as a core strand and as a surface strand, whereby, in a given lengthof yarn in which all of the different effects have been produced, the strands will all be the same length, whereas in a plaited yarn in which the core strand does not appear upon the surface the surface strand or strands are vnecessarily ofA much greater length than the core strand.

I claim:

1. A twisted yarn composed of a plurality of strands of ribbonform, said yarn having portions in which all ofthe strands appear upon the surface, alternating with portions in which, one of the strands acts as a core and is enveloped by the other strand or strands.

2. A yarn composed of a` plurality of strands of ribbon form, said yarn having por# tions in which the number of surface strands exceeds the number of such strands in the adjoining portions.

3. A yarn composed of -a plurality of strands of ribbon form, each of such strands serving alternately as a core strand and as part of' a party-colored portion of the yarn.

4. A yarn composed of a plurality of strands of ribbon form, each of such strands serving alternately as a core strand and as part of a party-colored portion of the yarn, all of the strands being of equal length in a given length of yarn,

5. Vyarn composed of la plurality of` strands of ribbon form, said'yarn having` party-colored portions alternating with por.-

veloped by the other.

6. A yarn composed of a plurality of tions of solid color in which one strand is enstrands of ribbon form, saidv yarn having v party-colored portions and portions of solid color corresponding to that of each of the strands, each of such latter portions having a core composed of the other strand.

7. The mode herein described of producing a composite and partycolored-yarmsaid mode consisting in twisting together a plurality of strands of ribbon form, and subjecting one of said strands, at intervals to greater the other strand or strands. v

8. The mode herein described of "producing a composite and party-colored yarn, said mode consisting in twisting together a 'plurality of strands of ribbon form, and subject` ing each of the strands, in alternation, to a greater tension than that of the other strand or strands. y

-9. Themode herein described of producing a composite and part T-colored yarn, said mode consisting in twisting together a plurality of strands of ribbon form, Aand impart-i ing to each of the strands, in alternation, a partial fold before it reaches thepoint at Which-the strands are twisted together.

l0. The mode herein described of produc-v ing a composite and partycolored yarn, said mode consisting in twisting together a'plurality of strands ofribbon form, imparting to each of the strands, in alternation, a partial fold before it reaches the point at which the strands are twisted together, and, si

multaneously with such folding of the strand,

increasing the tensionupon the same.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of Witnesses:

J. S. GILMORE,

A; I. RYAN. 

